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Definition of suck-up in English: suck-upnoun North American informal A person who behaves obsequiously, especially for their own advantage. 〈北美，非正式〉马屁精 Example sentencesExamples - He was the good child, and he had always gotten perfect grades, and acted like a little suck-up.
- So after vetting the list to weed out any cantankerous curmudgeons, the candidate pool will consist of mainstream hacks, true believers and morally rancid suck-ups to political authority.
- At worst, this kid's just a suck-up, a dork, a talented geek.
- Well now, I didn't want to look like too much of a suck-up, so I only agreed ‘strongly’ rather than ‘totally’.
- I'm not saying I hate all preps, but these were the super-annoying suck-ups.
Synonyms toady, creep, crawler, fawner, flatterer, flunkey, truckler, groveller, doormat, lickspittle, kowtower, obsequious person, minion, hanger-on, leech, puppet, spaniel, uriah heep
Definition of suck-up in US English: suck-upnounˈsəkəp North American informal A person who behaves obsequiously, especially to earn approval or favoritism. 〈北美，非正式〉马屁精 Example sentencesExamples - He was the good child, and he had always gotten perfect grades, and acted like a little suck-up.
- So after vetting the list to weed out any cantankerous curmudgeons, the candidate pool will consist of mainstream hacks, true believers and morally rancid suck-ups to political authority.
- Well now, I didn't want to look like too much of a suck-up, so I only agreed ‘strongly’ rather than ‘totally’.
- I'm not saying I hate all preps, but these were the super-annoying suck-ups.
- At worst, this kid's just a suck-up, a dork, a talented geek.
Synonyms toady, creep, crawler, fawner, flatterer, flunkey, truckler, groveller, doormat, lickspittle, kowtower, obsequious person, minion, hanger-on, leech, puppet, spaniel, uriah heep
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